Low Wing vs. High Wing - the PC vs. Mac of aviation
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Everyone has an opinion. The older I get, the less I feel comfortable in certainty however. I always question myself when I feel I have a line on anything. I try to leave the door open, or at least, view it through a more complete view with assumed malleability.
Binary thinking is the death of creativity and humanity. Nuance is a pastime now. Something you can’t squeeze into reels, shorts, tiktoks…
So yes in general aviation one of the most pervasive and constant arguments that everyone likes to have an opinion on… is high wing vs. low wing.
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One thing I hate about the 172, is turning base to final. Once you enter the turn, you don’t see the runway until you are rolling out of the turn it seems. I love the looks of low wings and the visibility they offer. Hope I get the opportunity to fly in a low wing sometime.
@zach9373, I fly a 182, and I agree with what you are saying, but, it is just something you get used to. I've flown a piper warrior once, and I didn't like not being able to see the ground in level flight. I would imagine if a bonanza appeared in my tie down spot one day...I would get used to not seeing the ground.
If you crane your neck forward a bit you actually can see the runway, in particular if you do the turn a bit wider.
I‘ve never lost sight of the runway in the final turn, not with the 172, nor with my Stinson.
Just like a low wing blocks visual to final approach path (NORDO straight-ins) while turning base to final. Pro tip: Lean forward in a 172 and look ahead/above the wing in a turn and you see everything. If you can't do that for the 5-10 seconds it takes to turn, that runway isn't going anywhere, it'll be right where you saw it.
Sorting fact from fiction in our minds - love it, we tell ourselves narratives as a shortcut to actually rethinking everything all the time, but often we need to go back and make honest, open-minded assessments.
It's tough to do but we can try! Thanks for watching my man.
I would like to debate a lot of what you have stated, but I can't...simply because you are right. I love my high wing...cause I don't own a low wing. I love my ford, cause I don't own a chevy. Maybe when the lottery dollars finally come in...I can truly have this debate with myself. Another great video Brian.
Your plane exceeds the confines of such limiting comparisons sir!
@@BrianSiskind While I don't disagree...there are others that I would like to fly.
@@bensinger297 all of them. I want to fly all of them. Doesn't mean what I'm currently flying isn't the BEST THING EVER. Except for that _one_ plane, but I learned flying it as well.
This was great, thanks. I’m pretty limited to flying Cessna 172’s but I had a chance last year to fly from Nashville to St. Louis and back in a Diamond DA40 - now there’s a low wing I could really get behind!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, Brian! Obviously, I choose the high wing at this point, but I sure do love flying a Piper or a Grumman. You are spot on about the differences. You do feel more like you're "flying" a low wing.
your high wing is badass!
Beautiful video dude. Absolutely loved the style and coloring you achieved. Also, completely agree with you on the topic. 🤙🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
How did I come here with high wing vs low wing questions and leave with distinct existentialism and questions about my existence in a tribal society.
Yeah I'm trying to take it easy but most of my stuff gets out there. 🤣 thanks for watching though.
I missed this when it came out, glad to have seen it now, good stuff!
On a Base to Final turn I want to see the traffic on a Straight in Final. Can you image what the insurance companies and the DOT would say about
a four passenger car with one door. And don't forget the advantage of high wing airplanes on rainy days or camping. I fly both, but prefer high wing Cessnas,
Pipers, Stinsons and many others.
And the one door is the passenger door 🤣
Yeah at the end there I did mention "talk to me when it's 100 degrees"... I love the shade of a high wing in summer.
I really enjoyed this video
forget about the airplane this vs that...great editing and story telling as usual
thanks man!
Cool video and discussion points!
thanks Nicholas
Do you think that the high vs low wing debate is anything other than good natured ribbing at each other? That's how I personally treat it.
But from my perspective - even as someone who owns a low-wing - I don't care in any serious sense. Each has it's pros and cons, and as someone who wants to use aviation as part of my retirement, I'm sure that a high-wing is in my future. Being able to get in and out much more easily is something that's going to become important to me as my wife & I get older. Our joints are likely to start to complaining more about entering and existing my current airplane.
So it's always been just a question of which set of properties work for me at a given time. And one of the properties that worked for me when I bought my airplane was that a 150hp piper cherokee was a lot less expensive than any 150hp Cessna 172 I could find.
Do you really think that this debate is divisive?
OTOH, vi vs emacs. vi all day. IYKYK.
Yeah, low-wing mobility is definitely a problem. Love the one you're with!
Just sold my low wing. I trained and have flown low wings for 30 years but now, anything over a 90 minute flight and my tired bones have a tough time getting out of the low wing. That really takes the enjoyment of the flight away for me. I’m in the market for a high wing for that reason only. KAPF
@@aeroringordmngr8739 what model did you have?
If Cessna is Mac and Piper is PC, what’s the Cirrus?
you got it wrong: Cessna = PC / Piper = Mac
I'm open to it! What's your thinking?
Agreed the only reason I’d give you the argument that Cessna was Mac because how overpriced Cessnas are for nothing
I believe I was in that pattern with you the other night. You posting another video soon?
Ah cool yeah I was up Monday evening into night time! Was that about when you were up at JWN?And yessir have more video things I am working on for sure - hoping sooner than later.
I just looked yeah if you were in 4GV we were going round and round. You will be in my comms recording will check it! Was such a nice night.
@@BrianSiskind 4GV was me. It was a rare nice night for Feb!
Would love to pick your brain on camera setup and recording equipment if you have some time in the future.
@Jake Wallace sure thing and we covered a lot of that on this first episode of our podcast check it out for lots of info
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